George bennison green and rachel elizabeth green



UNTTED STATES PATENT @EFTQE.

GEoRGE BENNIsoN GREEN ANDVRAOHEL ELIZABETH GREEN, OF NEW YOR N. Y.

srncrrrcarron forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,252,11md August 6, 1895. Application filed December 5 1894. Serial No. 530,93'7- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE BENNISON GREEN and RACHEL ELIZABETH GREEN, citizens of the United States, residing at New York, in the county'of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Mops; and we do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in mops particularly designed to be used in combination with the ordinary broom.

The invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of one form of our improved mop in place on a broom. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of another form of our invention removed from the broom. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the form shown in Fig. 1. Fig. at is a vertical section of the form shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, it will be seen that our invention consists of a knitted or woven sleeve A, of flexible material such as mops are usually composed of, this sleeve being adapted to fit over a broom B, to which it is secured by a fastening device of any suitable kindas, for instance, a strap 0, provided with a buckle 0, whereby the mop-sleeve is drawn tightly around the broom. The sleeve is provided above its lower edge with a series of tucks or downwardextending folds a, which are formed in the sleeve in any suitable way, the bottom of the sleeve also having a fringe ct, which is also formed in any suitable manner, either by allowing the ends of the fabric to depend freely from the sleeve or by sewing or knitting on anindependent fringe.

In using the form of mop just described the sleeve is slipped over the handle of an ordinary broom and down over the broom-head, the fringe being a slight distance above the bottom of the broom, in which position the sleeve is fastened by its fastening device 0.

The projecting end of the broom serves as a scrubbing-brush, while by inclining the broom and pressing it downward until the broomstraw bends, the fringe of and the tucks a are brought in contact with the surface to be wiped and I the moisture is absorbed by the sleeve.

To wring the mop it is only necessary to draw the broom and sleeve over the edge of the bucket,'as the water, which is principally held by the tucks, will be readily squeezed out from them. In fact, a shake of the broom will remove quite a large part of the water from the sleeve.

In the modification shown in Figs. 2 and 4 the sleeve is made double, consisting of an outer portion A and an inner portion A these two portions being preferably formed in one piece and contracted near the center, at which place is arranged the fastening device. In using this form of mopthe sleeve is slipped over the broom, as before, until the inner portion A is properly located on the broom-head. The sleeve is then secured to the broom by the fastening device and the outer portion A of the sleeve is turned down over the inner portion,thus forming a double layer of material, each layer being provided with tucks and fringes, as in the single form first described.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a mop of knitted or woven fabric provided with tucks, and a fastening device whereby it may be secured to the broom, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a mop in the form of a sleeve of knitted or woven fabric having tucks and a fringe, said sleeve having also a fastening device, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. As an article of manufacture,a sleeve of fabric arranged to fit over a broom-head, provided with a fringe and tucks at each end, and having a fastening device near its center, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4; As an article of manufacture, a sleeve of fabric arranged to fit over a broom and provided with a fringe and tucks, and having a contracted central portion, in combination 5 with a fastening device arranged near the said contracted portion, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE BENNISON GREEN. RACHEL ELIZABETH GREEN. \Vitnesses:

JOSEPH GREEN, ANNA L. MOLD. 

